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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Bassoon Concertos Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / CD - released 17/Nov/2010 ] "The instrument is precisely focused and the fineness of her playing shows her to be a musician of cultivated taste and sensibility...Geoghegan arrests attention immediately." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice November 2010 |
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CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Symphonies 1 and 2 / Bassoon Concerto / Invitation to the Dance Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] "Mena immediately sounds like a natural Weberian who, together with his smart horns and timpanist, has absorbed enough of historic-instrument practice to spare the music the false-sounding weighty Viennese classicism that used to be inflicted on many |
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WOLF-FERRARI
Orchestral Works Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) John Bradbury (solo clarinet) Peter Dixon (solo cello) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/May/2004 ] "The richly romantic themes in the overture from La dama boba are also particularly sumptuous and enormously enjoyable. The sound quality of this recording is consistently excellent, as we have come to expect from Chandos." (MusicWeb March 2009) |
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HUMMEL / WEBER / ELGAR / JACOBI / etc
Works for Bassoon Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) / Opera North Orchestra / Benjamin Wallfisch [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "It is clear that Geoghegan has spent her life so far working hard and nurturing her abilities, under the careful guidance of some excellent teachers, such as Janet Bloxwich and John Orford. With a disc such as this, it is impossible not to take the... |
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ELGAR / RACHMANINOV / SCHRECK / SCHUMANN / SPOHR / etc
Fantasies for Bassoon Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) Philip Edward Fisher (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "There's a wonderfully natural quality to Geoghegan's phrasing and expression - especially in the Schumann - and she is partnered adeptly at all times by Philip Edward Fisher." (Classic FM) |
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GROVLEZ / TANSMAN / KOECHLIN / FAURE / BOUTRY / GALLON / DUTILLEUX / BITSCH / JANCOURT / PIERNE / DEBUSSY
French Bassoon Works Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) Philip Fisher (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] For the popular young bassoonist Karen Geoghegan this is her third recording with Chandos and aptly demonstrates the capabilities of the bassoon in this unique collection of French music, ably accompanied by Philip Fisher. |
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BO LINDE
Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto Karen Gomyo (violin) / Maria Kliegel (cello) / Gavle Symphony Orchestra / Petter Sundkvist (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ] Rosette [highest rating] - Penguin Stereo Guide - "Two romantic-dramatic concertos full of explosive action and searing sunny lyricism. I don't buy the suggestion that Linde is a neo-classicist. Not to be misse" (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
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ASTOR PIAZZOLA
A Piazzolla Trilogy Karen Gomyo (violin), Stephanie Jones (guitar), Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Karen Gomyo's violin takes centre stage in this homage to Astor Piazzolla. |
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Karen Hunter
Words & Groove [ Rawfish Records / CD - released 23/Nov/2009 ] Guitarist / Songwriter Karen Hunter's 'Words & Groove' blends jazz, dirty blues and performance poetry. Embellishing on themes of local significance, Hunter entwines personal experience with liberally exaggerated stories... |
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Karen Mantler
And Her Cat Arnold (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 15/Dec/2008 ] |
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Karen O
Crush Songs [ Cult / CD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] Yeah Yeah Yeahs front woman Karen O has announced her first solo album, Crush Songs, via Julian Casablancas' label Cult. Karen O says of Crush Songs, 'When I was 27 I crushed a lot. I wasn't sure I'd ever fall in love again. These songs were... |
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Karen O
Crush Songs (Ltd Edition Blue Coloured LP w/36 Page Booklet) [ Cult / LP - released 5/Sep/2014 ] Yeah Yeah Yeahs front woman Karen O has announced her first solo album, Crush Songs, via Julian Casablancas' label Cult. Karen O says of Crush Songs, "When I was 27 I crushed a lot. I wasn't sure I'd ever fall in love again. These songs were... |
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Karen O & Danger Mouse
Lux Prima [ BMG / Warner / CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] Lux Prima is the first release from iconic Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O and legendary musician-producer Danger Mouse. "After making music for the past twenty years and embarking on making this record with Danger Mouse, I knew a couple... |
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Karen Souza
Hotel Souza (LP) [ Music Brokers / LP ] |
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Karen Souza
Velvet Vault [ Music Brokers Arg / CD - released 12/Jan/2017 ] |
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Karen Verros
You Just Gotta Know My Mind / Karen's Theme (7") [ Ace / 7in - released 25/Aug/2023 ] First issued on the Dot label in 1965, Karen Verros' recording of 'You Just Gotta Know My Mind' is one of the most popular and in-demand tracks ever to appear on Ace Records' "Girls With Guitars" compilation series. Pressings of the hopelessly rare... |
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KAIJA SAARIAHO
Quatre Instants / Terra Memoria & Émilie Suite Karen Vourc'h (soprano) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marko Letonja [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Sep/2015 ] Ondine releases includes works written in the last decade by one of the most important Finnish contemporary composers, Kaija Saariaho (b. 1958).Two of the works, the orchestral version of Quatre instants and Émilie Suite,feature the award-winning... |
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DVORAK
Requiem (recorded Feb 2009) Lisa Milne, Karen Cargill, Peter Auty, Peter Rose / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ LPO Live / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] Gramophone Magazine - Editor's Choice - January 2010 |
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Lonely Drifter Karen
Fall Of Spring [ Crammed / CD - released 19/Apr/2010 ] |
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CARPENTER / HEAD / DEAZLEY / JOHNSTON
Only a Singing Bird Karen Cargill (mezzo) & Philip Moore (piano) / NYCoS National Girls Choir, Christopher Bell [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2016 ] A beautiful collection of songs, 'Only a Singing Bird' features Michael Head's best-known works, 'The Ships of Arcady' and 'The Little Road to Bethlehem', as well as his beautifully-imagined, nostalgic song-cycle, 'Snowbirds'. The National Youth... |